What are patient factors associated with the quality of diabetes care?: results from the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Table 3 Factors associated with preventive care processes for diabetes complication in this study

Variables	Fundus examination (n = 326)			Microalbuminuria examination(n = 327)			Diabetes mellitus education (n = 323)
%¹	%²	34.4		%²	40.0		%²	30.2
%¹	%²	AOR³	95% CI	%²	AOR³	95% CI	%²	AOR³	95% CI
Socioeconomic position
Age (years)
20-49	35.0	1.00		27.5	1.00		38.9	1.00
50-64	40.6	1.40	0.69-2.84	45.7	3.07	1.38-6.84	31.0	0.70	0.33-1.52
≥65	26.8	0.65	0.26-1.64	39.5	2.74	1.10-6.80	24.8	0.51	0.20-1.31
Gender
Men	31.5	1.00		38.9	1.00		31.2	1.00
Women	37.8	1.88	0.98-3.61	41.3	0.95	0.52-1.74	29.0	1.37	0.69-2.70
Education
Elementary or lower	31.0	1.00		39.0	1.00		23.7	1.00
Middle or high school	30.8	1.25	0.61-2.59	36.8	1.11	0.59-2.08	32.6	1.89	0.91-3.92
C College or higher	63.0	6.61	2.27-19.24	56.7	3.91	1.35-11.26	47.6	4.75	1.52-14.84
Household income (monthly, thousand KRW)
>3000	46.6	1.00		53.0	1.00		32.7	1.00
>1000 & ≤3000	0 30.6	0.64	0.26-1.56	34.3	0.47	0.25-0.90	27.7	0.87	0.43-1.79
≤1000	33.2	0.92	0.39-2.14	40.3	0.59	0.27-1.26	31.5	1.51	0.67-3.39
Health-related factors
Duration of diabetes illness
<5 years	19.7	1.00		31.3	1.00		21.3	1.00
5-9 years	39.8	2.42	1.11-5.28	38.5	1.40	0.70-2.82	25.3	1.13	0.49-2.59
≥10 years	52.3	6.66	3.33-13.31	53.9	2.96	1.50-5.83	46.9	4.47	2.23-8.93
Self-rated health
Poor/very poor	38.6	1.00		44.0	1.00		30.9	1.00
Fair	29.4	0.54	0.28-1.04	40.0	0.80	0.43-1.47	30.4	0.81	0.37-1.76
Excellent/good	26.8	0.39	0.13-1.12	23.0	0.32	0.12-0.86	26.8	0.82	0.30-2.24
Regular exercise
Yes	39.5	1.00		41.1	1.00		31.6	1.00
No	29.8	0.70	0.39-1.24	39.0	0.97	0.57-1.65	28.9	0.91	0.49-1.71
Body mass index
<23	42.5	1.00		38.2	1.00		35.1	1.00
≥23 & <25	28.8	0.42	0.17-1.01	37.2	0.79	0.40-1.59	29.7	0.79	0.31-2.04
≥25	31.0	0.56	0.29-1.09	42.2	1.16	0.62-2.19	24.3	0.64	0.33-1.23

Abbreviations: AOR adjusted odds ratio; CI confidence interval.
Weighted to represent the Korean population with diabetes, aged 20 years or older.
¹ Proportion of subjects who tested fundus/microalbuminuria examination in the past year and ever received diabetes mellitus education.
² Proportion of subjects who tested fundus/microalbuminuria examination in the past year and ever received diabetes mellitus education in each category of each variable.
³ AORs were obtained after adjusting for age, gender, education level, household monthly income, duration of diabetes, self-reported health status, regular exercise, and body mass index.

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